http://blargkaboom.com Technology news, gadgets, and more - blargKABOOM is your source Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:46:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Apple, tonight, emailed MobileMe subscribers to offer more relief for the "rocky" start of MobileMe. Recently, Steve Jobs spoke about MobileMe and how it was below Apple's standards. This 60-day extension for all MobileMe users as of August 19, adds to a 30-day extension Apple gave in July after MobileMe's ... http://blargkaboom.com/2008/08/18/apple-offers-free-60-day-extension-after-more-mobileme-woes/ After releasing iPhone firmware 2.0.1 just two weeks ago, Apple has released another firmware update: 2.0.2. Keeping the simple description of "bug fixes" from Apple, hopefully at least some bugs will be fixed on the phone. The update weighs in at a hefty 248.7 MB, so get to downloading at ... http://blargkaboom.com/2008/08/18/apple-drops-the-iphone-202-bomb-contains-bug-fixes-galore/ The BlackBerry Bold has now been released in Chile. It's about $600 dollars with a 2 year contract, and the rights belong to Chilean network Movistar. This is a hefty price, but you could probably be able to get your hands on one more easily than right now. Movistar is the first carrier to ... http://blargkaboom.com/2008/08/04/blackberry-bold-is-now-available-in-chile/ According to AppleInsider, Apple sent out bulletins to resellers "strongly suggesting" that they place orders for 4 weeks worth of top selling iPods and 3 weeks worth of MacBook and MacBook Pro models (the MacBook Air wasn't mentioned.) All of this is due to limited supplies starting as soon as ... http://blargkaboom.com/2008/07/30/apple-tells-resellers-to-prepare-for-stock-shortages-in-other-words-prepare-for-new-products/   It is not officially official, but the earthquake this morning in the Los Angeles area at around 11:38 am took out AT&T's wireless network. It could be that the system just shut off as a precaution, or something went terribly wrong due to the earthquake. More likely, the increased amount of ... http://blargkaboom.com/2008/07/29/earthquake-in-los-angeles-takes-out-atts-network/ The latest rumor floating around today is, of course, about the upcoming redesign to the MacBook line. Apparently, the next MacBook will be made out of just one sheet of aluminum--reducing the weight drastically--and be thinner, also its curves will be similar to the MacBook Air. Also included in the ... http://blargkaboom.com/2008/07/28/rumored-new-macbook-to-have-glass-touchpad-out-in-september/ Rumors have been spreading out around numerous websites that the iPhone 3G will get a (RED) makeover just in time for the holidays.  Could it also be joined by a 32GB upgrade for the iPhone 3G and a 64GB upgrade for the iPod Touch? Photo Courtesy of http://www.macblogz.com http://blargkaboom.com/2008/07/26/red-iphone-3g-to-come-during-holiday-season/ Developers that were accepted into the iPhone Developer Program before July 11 were seeded the iPhone firmware and SDK beta 2.1. This beta according to multiple sources contains new GPS features that measure speed and direction of travel, or in other words turn-by-turn navigation. But what will make all Apple ... http://blargkaboom.com/2008/07/26/iphone-21-beta-seeded-to-early-developers-contains-copy-and-paste-references-and-more-gps-features/ While configuring the HP Blackbird 002 on HP's website, I noticed that the unreleased, unannounced NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT was an option in configuring the Blackbird 002.  The card supposedly has 512MB GDDR3 of SDRAM, but no other information about the card is listed.  Maybe it could just be a stupid ... http://blargkaboom.com/2008/07/25/hps-blackbird-site-leaks-nvidia-geforce-9800gt/ MacBook touch: no this picture isn't real, but it's a great mockup of what a product could look like. (courtesy of Gizmodo) Apple had its quarterly earnings call on Monday and it revealed that a "product transition" would lower gross margin next quarter because "Apple makes state of the ... http://blargkaboom.com/2008/07/23/apple-earnings-call-reveals-new-product-by-september/ Editor-in-Chief of Engadget, one of the largest tech blogs out there, Ryan Block confirmed today that he will be stepping down from his current position to start a new company with the founder of both Engadget and Gizmodo, Peter Rojas. According to Block, the new company will be online and ... http://blargkaboom.com/2008/07/22/engadget-leader-ryan-block-stepping-down-to-start-new-company/ When the App Store launched last week, the main mobile blogging (and I believe the only) application was TypePad. That is great for mobile bloggers who run TypePad blogs, but for those of us that run WordPress blogs (like us), we were out of luck. As of now, the WordPress ... http://blargkaboom.com/2008/07/22/wordpress-iphone-app-hits-the-app-store/ Around three years ago, Art Lebedev studios started talking about making a fully customizable keyboard, complete with displays under each key. Not until the beginning of this year did they actually release that full keyboard, the Optimus Maximus, and for a hefty price of almost $2000 ($1877.43 to be exact). ... http://blargkaboom.com/2008/07/21/optimus-pultius-15-keys-of-customizable-oled-goodness/ Facebook's redesign has been in the works for around a year now and after a few months of sample screenshots of the new design, Facebook is now allowing users to test out the new Facebook. Simply type new.facebook.com as the link in your browser and you should be directed to ... http://blargkaboom.com/2008/07/21/facebook-redesign-now-in-public-beta/ Possibly being one of the most hyped movies ever to hit the big screen, this past Friday marked the release of The Dark Knight. After snatching up some tickets and seeing the movie, even though almost every showing was, and still is, sold out, it is easy to say that this ... http://blargkaboom.com/2008/07/20/the-dark-knight-breaks-box-office-record-makes-1553-million/